Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-02-16
The Origin of Man.
Not from Darwin.1


One Of the delightful days of last week
young lady, we'll known ill the exclusive
first circles of San Francisco society for un-
rivaled personal charms and elegance of
plishments, was driven around to
make a congratulatory call upon married
lady friend who was happily convalescing
from that occasional sacred event in the
lives Of welded ladies', which, far from
being sickness, is the perfect elimination
of their health. She was shown into the
parlor, and for the few minutes required to
arrange for the reception in that room
where mother and child were doing as well
as could be expected, was left with no other
to entertain her than the only son and heir
of the house, Master Charles, then in his
fourth year. But Charlie was fully equal
to the situation, and promises to grow up
into an ornament of society that will never
be abashed by beauty, however brilliant,
into the painful negative of ''no CONVEX
sation." After some unessential prelimi-
nary remarks, Master Charles approached
nearer the visitor and, lowering his tone
into the confidential, asked:
"Miss-, 90 dot baby?"
The young lady gave one swift glance
around to assure herself there was no other
hearer of this pertinent question, and re-
piled
"Ne, Charlie, dear, have not"
'And did 90 neveI have baby? ?''
In spite of the youth of her eyer interloc-
utor her handsome eyes dropped before
his ingenious gaze and her pretty face
flushed as she replied
"Ne, Charlie, I never did. Is not this
beautiful day ?''
"Aud amt 90 never doin' to have no
baby p persisted Charlie, declining to
enter on the tempting conversational side
track of the weather.
''My boy, | can't tell. Tell me all the
names of whom those are the photographs"
Sand don't 90 want babyp'
''Why, Charlie, what close questioner
you are.e If you are not careful you will
grow into one of those newspaper inter.
viewers, and then what will your poor
mamma think of you?''
Because" continued Charlie, utterly
refusing to be switched off, 81 know where
90 tan det one. The doctor brought nv
mamma one, and he keepth them in hith
of6th. You juth do down Ellith threet 10
Martet threet and den 90 do down Martet
threet to Tarney threet, and den 90 do
down Tarney threet ever tho far, and den
90 do up lot of thairth and thath where
he teeps 'em. And they're awful cheap,
too. My papa hathn't paid for my mamma s
yet, but beth doin' to-"
"Well, Charlie, I'm sure I'm much
obliged to you for your full directions, and
I'll know Just where to CO."
ooh, Mitb--, 90 needn't do. I'll
tell my papa jnst ath thoon ath ever he
tums home that 90 want a baby and he'll
det one for 90, and"
That young lady seized that little boy
by his two shoulders. and leaning over so
as to look full into his eyes, she said, with
an impressiveness lent by sudden terror
''See here, Charlie, listen to me. I don't
want any baby yet, and if you ever say
ANYTHING about it to your papa, I'll never
like you any more at all, at all, never,
never. never. Now, will you promise?"
swell, if 90 don't want baby l won't;
but tot everybody liked to have babieth.
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The interview was here terminated by
the entrance of servant to usher the
visitor into the presence of the GONZALES
cent lady.-San Francisco paper.